Go on about sth:to keep talking about someone or something, especially when other people think it is boring. To continue or speak for a tedious or exasperating length of time. 【(以令人厌烦或恼火的方式)唠叨个不停、纠结于某事、紧抓某人或某事不放、抓住某个小辫子不松手】
以下是英语高频短语“Go on about sth”在美剧《绝望主妇》中的情景例句:
E.G.1:All right? I’m fine. Why do you keep going on about this? Because if you don’t change who you are then you won’t go to heaven. (DH S01E19 36:28)
参考翻译:怎么了?我很好。你为什么老是纠缠这个?因为如果你不改变自己,你就不能上天堂。E.G.2:All these weeks,Sam has been going on About how his mother was dead, And the whole time,She has been at howe’s market,In a smock,stacking cans. (DH S06E21 25:17)
参考翻译:这些周,萨姆一直在说他母亲已经去世了,但实际上她一直在豪伊超市穿着工作服码罐头。E.G.3:You’re always going on about working late and sleeping in the office, and meanwhile, you’re hanging out at dive bars picking up trash. I don’t like your accusation. (DH S08E12 39:47)
参考翻译:你总是不停地说工作到很晚然后在办公室睡觉,可与此同时你却在破旧酒吧混,还和那些垃圾搭讪。我不喜欢你的指责。E.G.4:Uh, is this weird, me going on about how happy I am while you’re all sad and single? — Actually, I’m hoping I won’t be single for long. I’ve decided to try to get Tom back. (DH S08E18 08:29)
参考翻译:嗯,这样说有点奇怪,我一直在说我有多么幸福,而你却很难过而且单身。- 其实,我希望我不会太久单身。我决定试着挽回汤姆。